HELP (feeding box turtles)

[laekyn]

On August 26th, the first out of three hatchlings hatched- the other two hatched on August 18th. We have had millworms and greens in their habitat but they have not ate... We are not sure what to do... Please help. TIA!

 

[Yvonne G]

Well, in the first place, baby box turtles need a very moist environment, so an enclosure with 'big boulders' and no substrate isn't good.

Chop up your greens along with a bit of fruit in a bowl then add some juice from a can of cat food and mix it all up so everything is coated with the juice. Put a glob on the feeding station and then a couple worms or pieces of live food on top. Then step quickly out of sight.

 

[mark1]

i've always had good luck getting them to start eating with maggots ..... just go to a bait store , they sell them as fishing bait ........